March 03, 2026
Manitoba has proclaimed a law allowing people to find out if a romantic partner has any history of domestic violence or abuse. On March 1, Manitoba’s government brought into being Clare’s Law, which uses documented past instances of intimate partner-based violence or abuse as a way of alerting people whether they are at risk.
March 03, 2026
Law Society of Ontario (LSO) benchers have narrowly approved a mandatory Indigenous cultural competency course for all lawyers and paralegals, despite concerns it could lead to a repeat of the statement of principles drama that engulfed the law society several years ago.
March 02, 2026
Canada’s population won’t grow this year under the federal government’s current immigration levels plan, but the number of temporary residents in Canada remains at historically high levels, according to the latest analysis by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), which provides independent economic and financial analysis to Parliament.
March 02, 2026
The doctrine of absolute privilege provides a complete defence for actions that arise out of “anything said or done by anybody in the course of judicial proceedings whatever the nature of the claim made in respect of such behaviour or statement.”
March 02, 2026
Ottawa says more than 85,000 Canadians have registered their presence in the Middle East with the Department of Foreign Affairs, urging those still in Iran to “shelter in place.”
February 27, 2026
Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty has announced that the federal government is committing $1.55 billion to renew Jordan’s Principle until March 31, 2027.
February 27, 2026
Nova Scotia is proposing new child welfare legislation that would outlaw the use of social media to identify a child involved in a court proceeding, extend publication bans beyond the end of a court case and widen the pool of those to be entered into the province’s child abuse register.
February 27, 2026
To defend against the rising attacks on the rule of law in Canada, members of the bar and bench must step up their efforts to support judicial independence and counter misinformation and political interference with the courts, say Canada’s top judge and bar leaders.
February 27, 2026
In Tremblay-Chartier v. Blanchette, 2025 ONSC 6273, a three-judge panel of the Ontario Divisional Court comprised of Justices Nancy Backhouse, Richard Lococo and Sharon Shore considered an appeal by a mother granting the father equal parenting time with their 15-month-old child on a week-about basis.
February 27, 2026
“I’m really sorry that you are overly sensitive and therefore were hurt by what I said.”